executioner

• Eine Person, die offiziell dazu bestellt ist, ein Todesurteil zu vollstrecken; im weiteren Sinne auch jemand, der eine Hinrichtung oder eine grausame Bestrafung ausführt.

A noun referring to an official whose duty is to carry out a sentence of death, typically by legal warrant.

1. Official who carries out a death sentenceB2formal

   A person, often a public official, whose job is to legally execute someone who has been sentenced to death.

   Scharfrichter

   • The executioner prepared the gallows for the condemned prisoner.
   • In some historical periods, the executioner wore a hood to conceal their identity.
   • The role of the executioner was considered a necessary but grim profession.

   Synonymehangman